Before They Were Marvel-ous Heroes

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I am slightly posting this the wrong way around as technically I should have given you all an article on Kelsey Grammer beforehand as he played Beast first. However, I think it works this way around as well as Hoult played the young Beast. Truthfully, in the cartoons Beast …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I’m probably going to say this again when I talk about James McAvoy but I honestly could not imagine a better choice to play a young Magneto. However, I know that is a natural thing to say when someone plays a role so well, Keanu Reeves and Neo for …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I know I’m going to say this very often I’m sure but I absolutely love the fact that creators of the MCU have been choosing relatively unknown actors for roles. Like all the characters in the Thor universe, they are based on characters from Norse mythology. Valkyrie was inspired …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers OK, before anyone decides to mention it – I know that War Machine was originally played by Terrence Howard in Iron Man but he was never actually credited as such like Don Cheadle is for the second film. Additionally, Don is the one that continued the role through the …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers In case anyone is not aware, the films used in these articles were made before the first appearance of any actor credited as their superhero alias. I wanted to make that clear as I am fully aware that Natalia ‘Natasha’ Romanoff first appears in Iron Man, exactly the same …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I think I’ve mentioned a few times in other articles that I had no idea who the actor was prior to being cast in the MCU. Well, that is not the case for Idris as he is an extremely well known actor in the UK prior to breaking America …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Here’s a fun fact, I don’t think I realized that Elizabeth Olsen was in fact the sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley until she had been starring as the Scarlet Witch for a few years. Some would probably consider that embarrassing but I was never really a Mary-Kate and Ashley …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Fans of Korean cinema would have been aware of Ma Dong (Don Lee as he was credited for this film) prior to the release of The Eternals but, like the actual character of Gilgamesh, I had absolutely no idea who he was. However, I am not saying this as …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I’m not going to be coy about this, I have been a massive fan of Angelina Jolie’s for a very long time! As I’ve said before, I had absolutely no idea who The Eternals were before watching the film but that didn’t mean I was any less excited about …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I think this is the first character where Vin Diesel actually plays an out-and-out hero. Put it this way, Xander Cage = criminal, Richard B.Riddick = murderer and Fast and the Furious = not so clean cut either. I don’t know how many of you know this, but he …